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I have three builders tressels with pipe insulating foam on the bars, they are great as they are height adjustable as we have 5 kayaks and prevoiusly two and now one open boat on them, stored in the garage, shame about the car!!!

It seems that 60% of the time mine lives on top of the car ready for the next paddle. When she gets a rest, she lives on 2 wooden blocks about 1/4 of the way in from each end, outside, chained to a security anchor bolted to the wall.

Covering as many malmiles as possible before being distracted by the pub!

Ooh, I like that .

Originally Posted by Bootstrap Bob

Mine used to be on saw horses outside but it's now like this.

That's a roller nearest the camera.

Very nice. I have mine suspended from the shed (used to be a garage) roof from the grab loops either end. It is an OT Scout (and as yet hasn't pulled the shed roof down). Now I've heard that this is not the best way to keep it - will it really do damage to the canoe?

I use a very similar setup like big drip (two rope slings), but with a set of pulleys to conveniently lower it on my shoulders/the roof rack of my car...

Hi vavrath, what you can't see in the photo is the large cast iron pully on the nearest end of the canoe. But we have had a re-think and moved the canoe to the side and used timber frames in place of the rope.

For the outside canoes (the ones I'm not as worried about) I have two "patriarchal crosses" set up. It looks something like the above photo by Joe.Ford.
, except it holds four canoes, two on each side.

For the canoes I care more about, I have them suspended from the trusses in the garage. The upside down stern of each canoe is placed on a solid frame attached to the truss. Ropes extend down on either side of the bow. The end of each rope is knotted. A board with a slit on each end fits over the ropes making a "swing" to hold the bow. The canoe is easily removed by lifting up on the bow with one hand and pulling the rope loose from the "swing" board with the other hand.

There is a low lattice of 3x2 - can just see the ends sticking out to the left - so the whole canoe is just off the ground.
Before I cleared this bit of garden space it was propped up on edge at the side of the house, and I figured that it needed to be somewhere level through the winter.

In readiness for our first "proper" canoe later this week Mrs. Pirate and I cleared out the garage so it could be stored in there. So far, so good.

I assumed they were always stored upside down and on stands but all this talk of hogging has got me worried.

If I store it the right way up but still on stands, is hogging still not a possibilty but in the other direction?

So would I be better storing it the right way up but on the floor?

If its Royalex upside down on stands will be fine, if its plastic, sp3, ramx, corlite, TT and loads of other names manufactures give to polythene I would store as right way up on the straps if possible but if not on the floor.

Just got your Holker Street or should that be the Furness BuildingSociety Stadium signature.

Out of interest would people be interested in proper "outdoor" canoe covers like the ones you can buy specific for your car ? I had one on my rally car and it was brilliant I still have one on a mini cooper living in my garage and it got me thinking they would be superb as canoe covers. If tailored they could probably be used in transport too ?

Im not planning on making them but have approached the company that made my car ones for feasibility and price.

Out of interest would people be interested in proper "outdoor" canoe covers like the ones you can buy specific for your car ? I had one on my rally car and it was brilliant I still have one on a mini cooper living in my garage and it got me thinking they would be superb as canoe covers. If tailored they could probably be used in transport too ?

Im not planning on making them but have approached the company that made my car ones for feasibility and price.

I'd be interested to know how much they'll cost. I paid £110 to have one made for me, so if they come in substantially cheaper than that, I may have one or two.

Won't it be a tad difficult to get them tailor made if the maker doesn't have the canoe he's making it for in his possession ??

I'd be interested to know how much they'll cost. I paid £110 to have one made for me, so if they come in substantially cheaper than that, I may have one or two.

Won't it be a tad difficult to get them tailor made if the maker doesn't have the canoe he's making it for in his possession ??

My mini one cost about £60. But to answer your question about design, if they are interested and make them like the car ones. First person to take one ( of a specific design) to their factory (Sussex if I remember correctly) gets a rather good deal out of their canoe being used as the template ...

Hi folks
I store my canoe on my home made water assisted winch.
An old central heating pump pumps the water from the tank on the floor to the top container which then descends pulling on the ropes to lift the canoe.To let it down again the tap on the container is opened and the water empties back into the tank on the floor.
I added a couple of ply hooks to hold the empty container at the top whilst the slings are removed and attached.
Cheers
Alick